Prior to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles had recorded at studios outside of Abbey Road when circumstance required — "Can't Buy Me Love" was recorded at EMI's facility in Paris during a 1964 tour, and the vocals heard on the mono version of "Help!" were (for reasons unknown) rerecorded at a film post-synchronization studio during the making of the movie Help! in late May 1965.... …